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ENGLAND. 1944-07-24. PORTRAIT OF 413935 FLYING OFFICER L. J. HENDERSON, SAMARAI, PAPUA, AN RAAF FIGHTER PILOT WITH NO. 56 SQUADRON RAF, WEARS HIS OWN SPECIAL EMBLEM OF A KANGAROO HOLDING A POT OF ..

ENGLAND. 1944-07-25. RAAF FIGHTER PILOTS WITH NO. 56 SQUADRON RAF. LEFT TO RIGHT: 420315 PILOT OFFICER (PO) K. WATTS, NARRABEEN LAKES, NSW; 413935 FLYING OFFICER L. J. HENDERSON, SAMARAI, PAPUA; ..

HEIDELBERG, VIC. 1944-01-15. SERGEANT E. G. SAUNDERS, A WOUNDED SOLDIER EVACUATED FROM NEW GUINEA, CUDDLES HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER BEVERLY WHILE HIS WIFE NURSES BABY DENISE WHEN THEY VISIT HIM IN THE ..

BOOTLESS BATTERY, PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. C.1943. ELEVATED VIEW OF THE SISTERS' TENT LINES AT 2/5TH AUSTRALIAN GENERAL HOSPITAL

Wewak, New Guinea. 1943-12-01. Aerial photograph of thick black smoke billowing up from the harbour foreshore, possibly after attack by aircraft of the United States Army Air Force

VICTIMS OF NAZI RAIDERS ARRIVE IN AUSTRALIA: BEARDS FLOURISHED ON THE FACES OF THE MEN LANDED AT EMIRAU BY THE GERMAN RAIDERS. FEW OF THEM WERE ABLE TO SAVE MANY OF THEIR PERSONAL BELONGINGS

Boram, Wewak, New Guinea. 1944-10-16. Aerial photograph of a Mitchell B25 bomber aircraft of the United States Army Air Force dropping bombs over Japanese anti-aircraft positions on the ridge near ..

Bismarck Sea. 1943. Enemy shipping under attack by Allied aircraft during the battle of the Bismarck Sea

Bismarck Sea. 1943. An Allied Beaufighter aircraft heading out on patrol above the coast

PORT MORESBY, NEW GUINEA. 1943-01-16. REPAIRED UNDERCARRIAGE OF A TIGER MOTH AIRCRAFT FLOWN BY TOM FRENCH, NO. 1 AIR SEA RESCUE SQUADRON, RAAF. HE AND LIEUTENANT SNOOKS OF AUSTRALIAN NEW GUINEA ..

MELBOURNE, VIC. LEFT TO RIGHT: HON. T.J. COLLINS MHR, MINISTER IN CHARGE OF EXTERNAL TERRITORIES AND ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR INTERIOR, WITH HON. HUBERT L. MURRAY, ADMINISTRATOR FOR PAPUA, BEFORE A ..

Goodenough Island, New Guinea. 1942-09-09. An anti-aircraft gun crew aboard the launch Maclaren King who helped to beat off an attack by Japanese aircraft. The three members of the crew are, from ..